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Electronic and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Directed to Their Applications in Solar Cells

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Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2019)

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We calculate electronic and optical properties of a series of finite carbon nanotubes. Where available, our calculations exhibit good consistency with experimental data. Our study is directed towards potential application of carbon nanotubes in solar cells, constructed in a layer architecture.

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    Jacek Wojtkiewicz & Marek Pilch

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Góra, ul. Prof. Szafrana 4a, 65-516, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Bartosz Brzostowski

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Wojtkiewicz, J., Brzostowski, B., Pilch, M. (2020). Electronic and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Directed to Their Applications in Solar Cells. In: Wyrzykowski, R., Deelman, E., Dongarra, J., Karczewski, K. (eds) Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. PPAM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12044. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43222-5_30

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